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July 30, 2007

"Almost all blog platforms by default are set up so that a 'dead end' piece of code is inserted wherever there is a link in a comment, so that search engines will not 'count' the link as they are crawling the internet. This was originally designed to help stop comment spam, but it doesn’t work. What it does is remove some of the incentive for your readers contribute to your site by commenting on your posts.

What can you do about it? Turn off 'nofollow'. Show your commenters that you appreciate them. Spread the link love."

Hence, my little orange button to the right that says "U Comment/I Follow." I've turned off "nofollow" on my blog and your links will be indexed. Comment away!